Lead / Staff Backend Developer (Node.js)

Location: Slovakia; remote work is available anywhere in Slovakia, with hybrid or office-based work in Bratislava. Core hours are 10:00 AM–3:00 PM.

Salary: from €6,000 per month plus an annual bonus.

Company

hirify.global represents a global leader in sports and betting affiliate marketing, operating high-traffic platforms with more than a billion annual visits across over 100 countries and more than 50 international clients.

What you will do

• Design domains, service boundaries, and APIs for reliable, scalable backend systems.
• Shape technical roadmaps with Product and business stakeholders, balancing immediate priorities with long-term goals.
• Write production code and own features from design and implementation through deployment, performance, and operations.
• Mentor engineers, challenge established practices, and improve technical decision-making.
• Explain complex trade-offs and align technical and non-technical stakeholders around practical solutions.

Requirements

• Staff-level engineer with strong Senior-level capability; hands-on backend architect.
• Experience building and operating complex backend services, including architecture ownership, integrations, and production performance.
• Deep expertise in Node.js and TypeScript is required and cannot be replaced by another backend language.
• Hands-on experience with Domain-Driven Design, API-first development, and multi-tenant systems.
• Ability to translate business requirements into technical decisions and explain trade-offs to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience influencing beyond individual contributions through mentoring, roadmap development, and improvements to software delivery.
• English at B2 level or higher.

Nice to have

• Experience designing architectures on AWS.
• Hands-on experience building products powered by LLMs.

Culture & Benefits

• Permanent employment with remote, hybrid, or office-based work options in Slovakia.
• Flexible working hours, shorter Fridays during summer, and additional time off when the office is closed between Christmas and New Year.
• Company laptop and a €300 equipment budget.
• Learning, sports, wellbeing, health, pension, and long-term investment benefits.
• Opportunity to build large-scale products used by millions of users.

Hiring process

• 10-minute intro call with a Guru.
• 60-minute technical screen with a senior developer, followed by a meeting with the client team.
• Offer and negotiation support; applications receive a reply within 48 hours.